by Caroline | Apr 24, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Management, Recruiting
Bits and pieces of the Affordable Care Act continue falling, like shrapnel, around employers’ ears, with no end in sight. But while business owners can’t anticipate everything they’ll have to do to conform to the new laws, there are some steps they can take to put...
by Caroline | Apr 17, 2013 | Company Culture, Management, teamwork, Training
Quick Quiz: Can you articulate how your sales or fundraising staff’s performance goals contribute to your strategic plan or mission? Okay, that was too easy. How about your operations department? How is their performance tied to the strategic plan? Or your accounting...
by Caroline | Apr 10, 2013 | Assessments, Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Recruiting, Training
Last week I talked about some of the subtler reasons why older IT workers struggle to get hired, such as being intimidating to younger managers. But since objections like that really aren’t in anyone’s best business interest, this week I want to offer some practical,...
by Caroline | Apr 3, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork, Training
Let’s just get it out in the open: There are a lot of reasons why older IT workers have trouble finding jobs. And It’s not just because younger people discriminate against them or because older IT workers refuse to adapt to the current environment, although both of...
by Caroline | Mar 27, 2013 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Management, Recruiting, Training
Employers: It’s not too late to snag some significant tax credits for your business. There are certain exclusions and deductions that can make a huge difference to your tax bill, whether you’re a big company or a small one. For example: A tax exclusion for...
by Caroline | Mar 6, 2013 | Company Culture, Management, Training
Really, there are so many things to say about Marissa Mayer’s insistence that Yahoo employees start coming to the office every day instead of telecommuting. There’s the question of whether she’s setting working mothers back 30 years. And whether she’s going to finally...
